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A Huanghuali Round-Corner Tapered Cabinet and Removable Two-Shelf Stand, Yuanjiaogui

17TH CENTURY

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A Huanghuali Round-Corner Tapered Cabinet and Removable Two-Shelf Stand, Yuanjiaogui
17th Century
The protruding round-cornered top frame supported on corner posts of melon-section, enclosing the single well-figured matched panels of the pair of doors above the beaded narrow apron, the interior with a single row of two drawers, the back with traces of ramie and lacquer, the stand with double-molded edge and legs of similar melon-section, the wood of a warm tone
The cabinet: 50½in. (128.3cm.) high, 31¼in. (79.3cm.) wide, 16¾in. (42.6cm.) deep; the stand: 20½in. (52cm.) high, 31¼in. (79.3cm.) wide, 16¾in. (42.6cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

For a discussion of Fujian and Jiangsu Ming-style cabinets with stands, see J. Ang, 'Identifying a Regional Style of Chinese Furniture', Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1992, pp. 54-63. Compare the huanghuali tapered cabinet with a stand incorporating an upper row of two drawers and a lower single open shelf illustrated by G. W. Bruce in The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 49, pp. 126-127. See, also, the pair of huanghuali tapered cabinets with fluted corner posts on stands with a single high row of two drawers in the 'Take One Step Back' Studio Collection, included in the exhibition Splendour of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and illustrated by C. Evarts in the Catalogue, National History Museum, Taipei, 1999, pp. 160-161.

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